For a conflict so often compared to a crusade, the Iraq War has been devastating for Christians in the Middle … More
Tag: History
No one’s matter
NO ONE’S MATTER a play by Saif Diaan Persian-Hebrew translation by Samuel Thrope. Directed by Li Lorian “When I … More
Magic bowls of antiquity
Sometime around 650 AD, Mahdukh, daughter of Newandukh, had a headache. I first read about Mahdukh’s migraines – excruciating and … More
What fractured Jerusalem needs now
In the summer of 2014 Jerusalem broke apart, again. In those few bloody months, which began in April with the … More
A tantalising find from the Jews of medieval Afghanistan
In 1946, the French philologist André Dupont-Sommer published the first Jewish tombstone inscription from Firozkoh in Afghanistan. Dated between the … More
Many admirers, few disciples
The life and legacy of Rav Kook
God wanted peace, so Carter chimed in
The most impressive fact about the 1979 Camp David Accords
Daniel Gordis in Purgatory
In portraying a saint-like Begin, Gordis is attempting to silence contemporary critics of today’s Likud-led government
A guide for the perplexed
A modern-day tale of love and suspense
The spy who loved
A Jew, a woman and Churchill’s favorite spy: Christine Granville, flesh-and-blood hero
Doing justice to Josephus
For most of Jewish history, Flavius Josephus was the odd man out
Howard Zinn
At age 86, Howard Zinn destroyed history
Samuel Thrope 
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